You’ve decided that you want to go all the way with your home theater or surround sound audio system, with high-quality components and all of the wiring run through the walls. Not only will the video and sound be impressive, but just walking into the room will inspire a feeling of awe because of the gorgeous equipment and the intelligent, effective layout. Everyone will be convinced that a professional designed and installed the entire thing.

But what do you do with all of those cables?

The more complicated the system, the more cables you have connecting all of the video and audio inputs and outputs. Sure, the bulk of the cabling will be running through your walls, but that still means a dozen (or more) of them will be poking out of the wall in various spots, so they can connect to their respective components. The last thing you want is to have ugly holes where the cables emerge from (or disappear into) the walls, and you also don’t want to have to drill tons of holes to accommodate all of the different sizes of cable. It is, as the King of Siam once said, “a puzzlement.”

You don’t need Anna to solve the “puzzlement” when Cmple is here to help with our one-gang recessed low-voltage cable wall plate. This plate attaches flush to your wall with an opening for low-voltage cables that’s approximately 1 ½ inches by 2 inches; you can feed multiple cables, of all different sizes, through the same opening. This provides the ultimate in versatility: an HDMI cable can be fed out through the plate to your wall-mounted monitor, while cables from a satellite or cable box, Blu-ray player, audio receiver, video gaming system and whatever else you have in your installation can all be fed in through the plate at the same time. It’s the ultimate in attractive flexibility.

One reason our Cmple low-voltage cable wall plate is so attractive is that the cable opening is recessed. In that way, the plate will remain flush to your wall while still allowing for different types and widths of cable to easily feed through without the “bumps” which can ruin the look of a room, and also letting you position your furniture or TV as close to the wall as you’d like. It adds the finished look so important to a professional installation; in fact, this is exactly what many professionals use to complete their high-priced work.

The other reason it’s so attractive is that it eliminates the need for a “police lineup” of cable plates across the wall. All of the low-voltage cabling fits right through the same plate, so you only need one to accomplish the job of several.

Taking a look at the key specifications for the Cmple one-gang low-voltage recessed cable wall plate:

One gang finished plate

Recessed opening for cables

Accommodates all types and sizes of low-voltage cables

Hole opening: 1 5/16 inches wide by 1 15/16 inches high

Color: White with matching screws

Installing a beautiful home theater or audio system requires you to give as much thought to the details as you do to the components. This wall plate is a small detail, but the effect it will have on the look of your finished room is enormous.